Paris - Gregorian Mass at Notre Dame

October 27, 2013

This morning we got up and went to mass at Notre Dame Cathedral. Luckily we remembered to turn the clocks back the night before. We really needed that extra hour of sleep! We walked to mass in the pouring rain and we were pretty wet by the time we arrived. But we had the most beautiful Gregorian Mass at Notre Dame. Afterwards we walked around the interior of the church. It is a very big church and can hold about 10,000 people. 

Looking at the main alter from the back of the church

Rose Window

Looking up to the ceiling

This is behind the alter where you can walk around

One of the Cardinal's tomb…I guess he liked lions

There are many significant events that happened at Notre Dame. Here are a few of them:

1431 - Henry VI of England is crowned King of France

1558 - Mary, Queen of Scots is married to Francis II of France. 

1804 - the coronation of Napoleon I and his wife Josephine with Pope Pius VII officiating. 

1909 - Joan of Arc is beatified and in 1920 is canonized. 

1980 - John Paul II celebrates Mass

Then we walked back to our apt to make lunch and I had to take more pictures of
my favorite building…and yes it was sunny again after we got rained on before mass!

Another double decker carousel in front of the Hotel de Ville